#TraumaRecovery #EmotionalAbuseSurvivor #RestrainingOrderFreedom #YouWillNotBreakMe #UnstoppableWoman #LivingLifeAsItShouldBe
Eight months ago, I wasn’t sure I could survive.
Not another day.
Not another round of cruelty, gaslighting, and manipulation.
Not one more game, threat, or smear campaign.
I was exhausted — physically, mentally, spiritually.
I’d already endured too much.
But even after walking away, the abuse didn’t stop.
Because when you leave someone who thrives on control, they don’t just let you go.
They recruit.
They enlist others to continue the torment — to do their bidding, to spin their lies, to play their games.
And for a while, I felt like the target of a campaign I couldn’t escape.
🚫 But Now There’s No Contact. None.
Thanks to the restraining order, there’s silence now.
Blessed, court-ordered, healing silence.
Let’s be clear — no contact doesn’t mean no pain.
I still feel the jolt in my chest if I see him.
The look on his face — that glare, that clenched body, that tapping foot — it all comes rushing back.
My nervous system remembers too well.
It remembers the threats behind the smile.
The punishment behind the sigh.
The storm hiding in the silence.
😤 He Said He Hated Spain… But He Stayed
He complained endlessly:
“It’s too hot.”
“It’s too expensive.”
“I can’t stand it here.”
He said he would leave — and everyone believed he would.
But here he is.
Not because he loves the sun.
Not because he found peace.
But because intimidation is his oxygen.
Because my happiness, my healing, my survival — threaten his sense of control.
As my psychologist in France said, “He gets off on it.”
The harassment, the proximity, the chance to provoke — it fuels him.
But let me say this clearly:
💪 He Will Never Win
Yes, I still get triggered.
Yes, I’ve been close to breaking.
But I didn’t.
I chose to rise.
Because I’m not who I was.
I’ve done the work.
I’ve cried the tears.
I’ve rewritten the narrative.
I’m not that weak, manipulated, silenced version of myself anymore.
✨ Here’s Who I Am Now:
- I’m resilient.
- I’m calm.
- I’m full of empathy and love.
- I am kind-hearted and strong-minded.
- I know what I want and where I’m going.
And most of all?
I’m unstoppable.
🌈 Living Life As It Should Be
Today, I wake up in peace.
I smile without apology.
I breathe without fear.
I love without condition.
No more fear in the shadows.
No more sabotaged celebrations.
No more cruelty disguised as “normal.”
This — this is life as it should be.
It’s not perfect, but it’s real.
It’s not loud, but it’s safe.
And every single day I choose it over the chaos I left behind.
🕊️ To Anyone Still in the Storm:
There will come a day when you look back and say:
“That almost broke me. But it didn’t.
I found myself in the ruins.
And now, nothing can stop me.”
Because when the worst thing that ever happened to you tries to keep showing up,
You show up stronger.
Wiser.
Freer.
Unstoppable.
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